Jonathan Woodgate has said on BT Sport 1 (4:49pm, April 2, 2022) that Jesse Marsch’s Leeds United will not get relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season.
The former Leeds star made the comments after watching the Whites play out a 1-1 draw with Southampton at Elland Road in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Jack Harrison scored for the home team in the 29th minute, and James Ward-Prowse found the back of the net for the Saints in the opening minutes of the second period.
Woodgate said: “They are looking really great. I mean, with Phillips back, with Cooper back, that’s really important for the football and sure, they will stay in the league.”
Leeds United will survive in Premier League
In our opinion, Leeds will not get relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season.
We think that the Whites have done enough under Marsch to merit a place in the top flight of English football for next season.
Leeds are 16th in the Premier League table at the moment with 30 points from 31 matches, as many as eight points above third-from-bottom Watford, who have played 30 games.
Now, of course, no one at Leeds will get complacent, but there have been some very positive signs.
For example, Leeds are not conceding as many goals as they did under former head coach Marcelo Bielsa.
Marsch’s playing style is also more controlled, and maybe the players needed that.
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